Not That Kind of Girl

I'm not going to lie, my resounding thoughts on autobiographical accounts are that, for the most part, they shouldn't not be written in your twenties! I also find the idea of these being ‘essays' somewhat misleading as I'd definitely see this more as a biographical insight into Lena's life and doesn't really set up to deliver any answers to a question or evidence anything as clearly as perhaps an academic paper would.

What I liked about this book was that Dunham is particularly direct about parts of us that we feel we should keep hidden or ‘too personal to talk about' when perhaps we should be thinking about these topics. At no point do I feel she sets herself up as being the role model of a generation and that thirdly she's not afraid to admit her mistakes and be judged for them.

I debate whether this was a timely publication in the vain of what Dunham had intended but it had it poignancy and charm.